1. Thinning eyebrows.
Reduction of hair and especially eyebrows and eyelashes can occur in various "serious" diseases. In most cases of hypothyroidism, the hairline and condition of the eyebrows does not change. Why blame hypothyroidism? Because after debilitating diseases (pneumonia, stroke, tuberculosis, anemia, etc.), the thyroid gland may be disturbed. But the condition of the hair is associated not with the main process of the disease, but with the thyroid, accusing it of everything that is not very clear.
2. Frequent headaches.
When, after ultrasound, CT and MRI, there are no obvious signs of irregularities in the vessels of the head and neck, but an increase in TSH is obtained by blood analysis, then headaches are attributed to the role of hypothyroidism. But TSH affects only the thyroid gland, and there are patients with different amounts of hormones and antibodies in the absence of a headache.
3. Memory impairment.
If the diagnosis does not reveal changes in the thyroid gland and its hormonal metabolism, then it never occurs to think that this symptom is “from the thyroid”. But it is necessary for the doctor to identify a change in TSH or otherwise, the memory impairment is attributed to hypothyroidism, autoimmune thyroiditis, and so on.
4. Chronic constipation.
In the case of a violation of intestinal motility, they can also blame the thyroid gland. When they do not find the reasons and treatment with conventional methods helps a little, doctors point to hypothyroidism.
5. Vitiligo - white spots on the skin.
It should be said that in most patients with any diseases of the thyroid gland there are no signs of vitiligo (discoloration of the skin). But comparing the time of the appearance of hypothyroidism and vitiligo by the doctor and the patient himself leads them to think about the dependence of this skin condition on the thyroid hormones. But in reality, there is no direct connection between the thyroid hormones and the white spots of the skin.
6. Impaired vision.
This condition is called "ophthalmopathy". Any deterioration on the part of the eyes and the structures close to it (eyelid, muscles, etc.) is counted as one. But it is exactly the same signs that are found with a perfectly healthy thyroid gland, and also not detected with the same gland diseases. Consequently, the mechanism for the development of visual symptoms is completely unrelated to the thyroid gland, but can occur in parallel.
7. Anemia or anemia.
Reduced hemoglobin in the blood and other signs of anemia can occur with hypothyroidism. In medicine, it is widely believed that it is a disease of the thyroid gland that leads to anemia. But reality shows otherwise - long-term anemia leads to overstrain of the thyroid gland, its depletion and the development of hypothyroidism. Elimination of anemia improves the condition of the thyroid gland and the level of its hormones in the blood (it is only necessary to conduct a course of treatment with an iron preparation, which is part of hemoglobin, as thyroid hormonal metabolism improves).
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